Save Me

Main idea: In the text, “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, the author In the beginning of the essay, Alexie talks about how knowledge is a power that opens a window to success by using an anecdote about his personal experience with knowledge. As Alexie talks about his childhood in the beginning, he says, “We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food...” (Alexie). When Alexie discusses the conditions his family lived in, he is setting this frame of pity

Every since I was born I had some problems that I had to face. Thanks to all the doctors that were there for me, that helped me become the girl that stands today, I get to live my life in peace. I had told myself from that day forward that I was gonna become a doctor or a nurse and help as many people as I can. I have always loved to help people in need. I hope that one day that I can save someone's life as someone saved mine.If I had to pick one role model that I looked up to ,I couldn’t. That is

he gave Ponyboy and Johnny items they needed and at the same time put himself in a position where he could go to jail. For example, “‘Here’ -he handed us a gun and a roll of bills-'the gun’s loaded. For Pete’s sake, Johnny, don’t point the thing at me. Here's fifty bucks. That’s all I could get out of Merrill tonight. He’s blowin’ his loot from that last race.’”(60). This is evidence Dally is a hero because he gave Johnny and Ponyboy a gun when he knew he wasn’t supposed to do. Ponyboy even said

hero, because he save the kids at the church and he could have died. He went into the church and risked his life for the kids in there.Some evidence I have to back up my reason that he is a hero is that he asked where the kids were in the burning church so he could save the. Also, Ponyboy is considered a hero by the teachers who where at the church because they said we think you must have two come from heaven. Johnny is a hero for multiple reasons.One is that he killed Bob to save

There’s no denying that we want to survive, but does it ever become selfish to want to survive? The meaning of selfish is “concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking or concentrating on one’s own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard to others” (Merriam-Webster). I think that in some situations survival can be selfish. But usually you just want to survive to not put your family through anything. Survival can be selfish if you put yourself before others, for example

POW! I dive left to go for the save. The game had just ended and we were now in the penalty shootout. I had to make so many saves in the game to get us to a PK shootout. Back in March, my parents signed me up for the soccer camp with a friend. Last year my parents won a ticket for the soccer camp, at first I did not want to go but since the camp was full and there were no other tickets I had to go so I did. After the first two days I really liked the camp, by the end of it I realized that it would

in a lie just in case. After concluding that their stories were straight, the police told Kate and Mr. Jacks to lead them to the entrance of the force field. When they got their about 15 different officers tried to enter with giant mirrors ready to save all the others but the force field just wouldn’t let them in. Mr. Jacks and Kate went in the force field for about 5 seconds and it was there that they figured out the force field only lets in people who were trapped in

this way . For example, when Tom hit Rufus for stealing a dollar from him and Rufus tried to get back at him by burning the draperies. Rufus "He said I took money from his desk, and I said I didn’t. He said I was calling him a liar, and he hit me. Several times" (Pg. 26). Also, Rufus started to deal with his anger by punishing other people like his slaves. Like the time when Rufus blamed Dana for his fathers death and sent her to fields, and also got her whipped. "I guess I just had

change. There is also disobedience that has a negative effect, such as people breaking the rules for the fun of it. Disobedience is because it is necessary for social progress, saves lives, and starts a conversation about difficult subjects. However, it can also cause conflict. Civil disobedience is important because it can save lives. During World War II, many people in living in Nazi Germany blindly followed Hitler's orders. This resulted in the organized killing of over 11 million people. Those who

other people normally don’t do. A hero is not just a person who save lives, a hero can also be a person who simply likes to help others and respects them. A hero tries to do and give his very best. In this essay comparing and construct between James Harrison and Chen Si, different situations that led them to become heroes, similarities between them will be discussed. Both of Chen si and James Harrison made several heroic efforts to save people. Harrison donated blood to the sick and Chen Si saved many